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Adrenaline

II.III.VII ADRENALINE As expected, tomorrow did come, and as hungover as we were, we had yet another trip to make. We took a plane to Bucaramanga, a city north of Bogotá where we’d start a road trip down south – a cascade of adventures along the way. We visited Barichara, a Spanish colonial town known for its cobbled streets and whitewashed […]

Added on December 6, 2016 Second Year , Life

Land of Passion

II.II.II LAND OF PASSION And hello Colombia – the promised land! But trust me when I say it really didn’t feel like it when I arrived in Bogotá, the capital. After four hundred million hours of travelling I felt disgusting and exhausted – kinda like a professional athlete at the end of a triathlon, only all I did was sit […]

Added on November 29, 2016 Second Year , Life

Departure

II.II.I DEPARTURE Colombia… Half the world away it stood. And I was going there. The furthest I had ever been from home was Manchester; three hours away from Malta by plane. And now I was going to friggin’ Colombia – some 10,000 kilometres away. “It’s okay, it’s okay – he’ll be there with me!” I told myself as I tried […]

Added on November 22, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Out

II.II.VI OUT Over the next two weeks of my summer general rotation, my passion for medicine only intensified. I saw all kinds of surgeries – some of which I’d be lucky to encounter again throughout my life. It was all I expected to see and then some. Patients that would forever remain immortalised in my memory. Especially the one with […]